New Business Paradigms - World Business Academy
139 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe World Business Academy is a non-profit business think tank and network of business and thought leaders founded in 1986 with the mission to inspire and help business assume responsibility for the whole of society.
This podcast, featuring Academy President and Founder Rinaldo Brutoco, focuses on the state of the political economy including trends we see emerging in markets and how our listeners can prepare for them.
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Back on Track: A special edition of New Business Paradigms
May 18, 2021 01:00 - 59 minutes - 53.9 MBRecorded on May 13, 2021 It’s been ten months since we dropped an episode, and the world looks very different than the last time we sat down with Rinaldo S. Brutoco, Founding President & CEO of the World Business Academy to hear his take on the politics, society, and the economy. Many of our long-time listeners have expressed their sadness over our break, and so we are bringing you all this special edition of New Business Paradigms! On this episode of New Business Paradigms, we focus ex...
Absurdity ad infinitum: a world of unchanging volatility until at least November
July 22, 2020 23:30 - 28 minutes - 25.5 MBRecorded July 18, 2020 On the final episode of New Business Paradigms, Academy Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen and President Rinaldo Brutoco discuss: What Congressman John Lewis stood for, and why his passing represents the end of an era.The danger of Trump acting like a proto-dictator by sending unmarked federal troops to arrest protestors in Portland, Oregon and the administration’s shocking lack of urgency about the rising number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States.The recent hacking of ...
A long and bumpy ride down the rathole…
July 14, 2020 20:30 - 35 minutes - 31.4 MBRecorded July 11, 2020 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Academy Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen and President Rinaldo Brutoco discuss: How to make the post office cash-flow positive in three not-so-massive steps.Global signposts focusing on Israeli annexation plans, recent explosions that caused major setbacks to the Iranian nuclear program, future failed states in Africa due to COVID-19, China’s leap backward with the new Hong Kong security law, a new crop-picking program in Britain,...
Reassessing the situation – we can’t wait until November
July 08, 2020 23:30 - 36 minutes - 32.8 MBRecorded on July 4, 2020 In this episode of New Business Paradigms, Producer Benjamin Schwartz and President Rinaldo Brutoco discuss the positive actions the business community has gotten behind lately via the recent announcement from the Business Roundtable on the urgency of police reform and the widespread boycott of advertising on Facebook. Rinaldo contrasts these positive examples of businesses being responsive to the shifting mores in society to the old-school story of Bayer paying bill...
Dead men cash no checks...
June 30, 2020 19:30 - 36 minutes - 32.4 MBRecorded on June 27, 2020 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Academy Chief of Staff, Kristy Jansen, and Academy President, Rinaldo Brutoco discuss how an effective federal government ideally would offer economic support to help states get back on their feet. Rinaldo touches off his discussion of how we might dig ourselves out of this economic collapse by comparing his perspective to one recently expressed by Paul Krugman. Rinaldo notes that he agrees with Krugman about the absolute ...
The 2020 Election is an Election for the Soul of America
June 23, 2020 19:00 - 39 minutes - 35 MBRecorded June 20, 2020 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen and Academy President and Founder, Rinaldo Brutoco, discuss the state of the economy, and Rinaldo’s long-term predictions about increasing gold prices, even in the midst of “a depression wrapped in a pandemic, which is all compounded by the effects climate change.” When, “Oops,” and “He was just joking,” are the standard response of a federal administration to try to explain away overtly racist act...
“Look at how fast dentists are coming back”: and other mis-readings of the COVID
June 17, 2020 22:00 - 35 minutes - 31.3 MBRecorded on June 14, 2020 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen and Academy President and founder, Rinaldo Brutoco, discuss the fast-paced nature of the news that has resulted in New Business Paradigms shifting from once a month, to bi-weekly, and most recently to every week during the COVID-19 crisis. The show begins with predictions of how certain industries – such as the airline industry – must get leaner to survive following the end of the government ba...
Politics of Power in a Country Roiling from Despair
June 09, 2020 20:30 - 34 minutes - 30.4 MBRecorded on June 6, 2020 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, World Business Academy Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen and Academy President Rinaldo Brutoco discuss how proud they are of the peaceful protests occurring around the United States as well as their incredulity that the POTUS would continue to fan the flames of violence so callously. Rinaldo makes the important point that these protests may finally have taught Mr. Trump that he is not above the law. The show then turns towards ...
Until Everyone is Healthy, No One is Safe
June 02, 2020 01:00 - 34 minutes - 30.3 MBRecorded on May 30, 2020 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, World Business Academy President and President Rinaldo Brutoco is joined again by Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen to discuss the roadmap to get America healthy and functioning again. The conversation kicks off with an analysis of critical shortcomings of the current health care industry that make it imperative that the country transition to Universal Healthcare. Both Rinaldo and Kristy lambast the lack of leadership in the pr...
In attempting a restart, what isn’t coming back must also be considered
May 26, 2020 23:00 - 30 minutes - 27.1 MBRecorded May 23, 2020 On this Episode of New Business Paradigms, Podcast Producer Benjamin Schwartz and Academy President Rinaldo Brutoco discuss options for healing an economy despite an incorporate federal administration and an increased number of infections as states reopen too early. Rinaldo makes it clear, that between a failing economy and the COVID-19 pandemic, the strain from climate change will be even less manageable than in prior years. The second half of the show covers the COV...
A post-pandemic quick recovery is just another pipe dream
May 19, 2020 17:00 - 32 minutes - 28.5 MBRecorded on May 16, 2020 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Academy Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen and Academy President Rinaldo Brutoco discuss the ways in which the failing airline and hotel industries are a facet of the changes that are part of the new reality we are living in. Rinaldo considers prominent retailers that have gone bankrupt in the past two weeks as untenable levels of debt have become crippling in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic (think JC Penny and Neiman Marcus) a...
Will we take this opportunity to finally reimagine an economy on life support?
May 12, 2020 00:30 - 35 minutes - 31.5 MBRecorded on May 9, 2020 “We are going to keep doing this until we either fix it or the system collapses.” – Rinaldo S. Brutoco On this episode of New Business Paradigms Academy President Rinaldo Brutoco and Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen focus on underlying economic problems that were bandaged, but left untreated after the Great Recession in 2008, and are now being exposed anew by the COVID-19 pandemic. The disconnect between the buoyant stock market and the historic and outrageous unemploym...
Is there a way to succeed in a nosediving economy?
May 05, 2020 18:00 - 31 minutes - 28.3 MBRecorded on May 2, 2020 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, World Business Academy and Founder Rinaldo Brutoco and Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen discuss the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic devastation in the United States. Despite rising infection rates, ongoing shortages of adequate testing and personal protective gear, and consistent failure of coordinated response at a federal level, some states and smaller jurisdictions are pushing to reopen economi...
April 2020: Earth Day turns 50, and Oil goes under Zero
April 28, 2020 23:00 - 35 minutes - 31.4 MBRecorded April 25, 2020 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen, and Academy President and Founder Rinaldo Brutoco pick apart a couple of laughable moments from the past week: the President’s questionable suggestion that injecting disinfectants into humans might cure them of COVID-19 and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggesting it’s a good idea to allow the states to go bankrupt. Digging into other unbelievable ideas, Rinaldo also explains why anothe...
“We’re still in free-fall”... Ongoing analysis of an economic pandemic
April 21, 2020 00:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBRecorded on April 18, 2020 On the episode of New Business Paradigms, World Business Academy president and founder Rinaldo Brutoco and Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen discuss the state of the US economy in the shadow of the Coronavirus pandemic... Links referred to on the show: Worldometer - https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Gold ETFs: 1. State St. Gold Mini Shares - https://www.ssga.com/us/en/individual/etfs/funds/spdr-gold-minisharessm-trust-gldm 2. Granite Shares Gold Trust ...
The Economy in a time of Coronavirus: It’s Easter and the bottom is nowhere in s
April 14, 2020 01:00 - 33 minutes - 29.4 MBRecorded April 11, 2020 On this Holiday episode of New Business Paradigms, World Business Academy President and Founder Rinaldo Brutoco and Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen discuss the state of the U.S. economy, as well as addressing questions from interested listeners (keep them coming!). Rinaldo begins by challenging a New York Times article that discusses the stock market’s recent rise – questioning the claim that institutional optimism boosts the market artificially. Whatever lifted the ma...
Trying to fill the vacuum: Interstate compacts and regional leadership in the mi
April 06, 2020 23:00 - 37 minutes - 33.8 MBRecorded on April 4, 2020 On this weekly edition of New Business Paradigms, World Business Academy President Rinaldo Brutoco and Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen discuss the rapidly growing economic impacts of the public health shutdowns. The show addresses questions that the team have been fielding about how to stay a smart investor in this volatile economic climate. We also discuss the Small Business Administration loan program that launched last week as a part of the CARES act, review econo...
New Business Paradigms: Getting America Healthy and Back to Work
March 31, 2020 19:00 - 33 minutes - 29.4 MBRecorded on March 28, 2020 In this episode of New Business Paradigms, World Busines Academy President and Founder Rinaldo Brutoco and Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen discuss why the United States Government would be better off creating a long-term strategy to get COVID-19 under control than prematurely restarting the economy. Flattening the curve by slowing the number of people getting sick is essential, and the best way to get Americans back to work starts with better testing. The United Stat...
New Business Paradigms on Capitalism’s Coronavirus Crisis
March 20, 2020 19:00 - 34 minutes - 30.5 MBRecorded on March 18, 2020 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen and Academy President and Founder Rinaldo Brutoco discuss the global fallout from the Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) and the downside of the sluggish response by the U.S. government. Rinaldo discusses how the United States is more closely following the frightening trajectory of countries like Italy – which has now become the country with the highest death count from the Coivd-19 disease, largely...
Global Peril in the Time of Trumpocrats
February 28, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 30 MBRecorded on February 26, 2020 Join us for the World Business Academy's monthly podcast featuring Academy President Rinaldo S. Brutoco in conversation with Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen. Our monthly podcast covers the latest macro-economic trends as well as in-depth analysis of politics, business, and society. On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Kristy and Rinaldo paint another bleak picture of the Trump Reality Show and the broader global economy. As the noted reality TV star and US ...
Gold’s still Golden, and other take-aways in our volatile economy
February 19, 2020 02:00 - 33 minutes - 29.6 MBRecorded on February 11, 2020 Join us for the World Business Academy's podcast featuring Academy President Rinaldo S. Brutoco in conversation with Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen. On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Rinaldo and Kristy discuss worrisome signs of a lagging economy that is ill-prepared to lift itself back up when it inevitably stumbles. The GOP’s so-called “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017” gave away as much as possible to the top 1% and Wall Street corporations to the detrim...
New Business Paradigms: 2020 Kicks Off to a Rocky Start
January 31, 2020 22:00 - 41 minutes - 37.1 MBIn this episode of New Business Paradigms, World Business Academy President and Founder Rinaldo Brutoco sits down with Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen to review the first month of the new decade, and muse on some of the biggest headlines of the day. It's off to a rocky start with the economic fallout of the 2018 tax cuts becoming evident, along with the uncertainty infecting the markets around the coronavirus that threatens global health, and other tenuous situations around the globe. Rinaldo r...
Avalanche warning: are we celebrating the economy in the shadow of doom?
December 13, 2019 01:30 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBRecorded December 9, 2019 On the final episode of New Business Paradigms of 2019, Academy Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen and Academy President Rinaldo Brutoco discuss why the economy went sideways after a week of nonstop positive economic news. Rinaldo makes the comment that the fundamentals of the economy are wrong – much like air leaking from a tire that tears a bigger and bigger hole over time. We mourn for Paul Volcker who passed on December 8th, 2019, and discuss his contributions to mone...
Focusing on Fundamentals: Economic Survival Means Adaptation
November 28, 2019 00:00 - 40 minutes - 35.9 MBRecorded November 20, 2019 What happens when you put up barriers of entry in a “free” market? On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen and Academy President and Founder, Rinaldo Brutoco, discuss the lack of economic mobility in the modern United States before a quick riff on impeachment. After the first public impeachment hearings, Rinaldo’s take away is simple – the process has put the chaos of the Trump White House (i.e. the emperor has been caught with...
Fair, equal, sustainable, and attainable for all. Is a new capitalism possible?
November 28, 2019 00:00 - 32 minutes - 29 MBRecorded on November 25, 2019 FDR’s Economic Bill of Rights & Heaven on Earth… Can we fix capitalism without first tearing it down? On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen and Academy President and Founder, Rinaldo Brutoco, discuss why capitalism must be reformed in order to avoid a future of chaos and violence. The show begins with a conversation about Bernie Sanders provoked by a listener question (Thanks John!) and expands into a broader discussion about t...
Fair, equal, sustainable, and attainable for all. Is a new capitalism possible?
November 27, 2019 21:30 - 32 minutes - 29 MBRecorded on November 25, 2019 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen and Academy President and Founder, Rinaldo Brutoco, discuss why capitalism must to be reformed in order to avoid a future of chaos and violence. The show begins with a conversation about Bernie Sanders provoked by a listener question (Thanks John!) and expands into a broader discussion about the candidate field, including the billionaires and other new additions to the Democratic presidenti...
Focusing on Fundamentals: Economic Survival Means Adaptation
November 27, 2019 21:00 - 40 minutes - 35.9 MBRecorded November 20, 2019 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen and Academy President and Founder, Rinaldo Brutoco, discuss the lack of economic mobility in the modern United States before a quick riff on impeachment. After the first public impeachment hearings, Rinaldo’s take away is simple – the process has put the chaos of the Trump White House into clear focus and makes it evident that Trump is involved in every part of his organization. The second ha...
The Way Forward for Capitalism
November 01, 2019 00:30 - 27 minutes - 24.6 MBRecorded on October 30, 2019 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, World Business Academy President, Rinaldo Brutoco and Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen discuss some of the latest economic reporting on Elizabeth Warren’s plans to re-make American capitalism. The Economist and the Week both featured Senator Warren on their covers during the last week, and while both publications trend towards economically conservative values, Rinaldo was surprised by how much they seem to agree with Warren...
Saudi explosion fails to frighten oil prices, but global recession fears grow
October 09, 2019 22:00 - 40 minutes - 36.5 MBRecorded on October 5, 2019 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Academy President and Founder Rinaldo Brutoco and Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen talk oil. Rinaldo riffs on why, following the bombing of oil refineries in Saudi Arabia, the global oil markets appeared unfazed by the loss of 5% of the world’s refined oil. In combination with the fact that we are using less oil on a per capita basis and renewables are overtaking fossil fuels – especially when considering carbon pricing – o...
Is the Fed independent? Maybe, but spineless and sleepy seem better adjectives
September 26, 2019 20:30 - 29 minutes - 25.7 MBRecorded on Sep 23, 2019 On this Episode of New Business Paradigms, Rinaldo Brutoco (World Business Academy President and Founder) and Kristy Jansen (Chief of Staff) discuss just what the “repo” (repurchasing) market is, and just what led the Fed to begin injecting billions of dollars into it to stabilize the market last week. It turns out that the perfect storm was brewing, in part because the Chair of the Fed continues to bow to political pressure – Rinaldo describes Fed Chair Jay Powell ...
Violent repercussions: Uncertainty and upset in the global economic outlook
September 06, 2019 20:00 - 33 minutes - 29.8 MBRecorded on September 1, 2019 Welcome to our new format of New Business Paradigms: 30 minutes on the intersection of politics, society, and the economy. On this episode, Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen, and the World Business Academy’s President and Founder, Rinaldo Brutoco, discuss recent events and how to interpret the latest from the “Trade Wars”, shooting sprees, and other chilling headlines. Rinaldo speaks passionately on how the recent spate of mass shootings belie a deeper culture of v...
Understanding How the Economy Has Been “Whipsawed by Trade Tensions”
August 14, 2019 20:00 - 32 minutes - 28.9 MBRecorded on August 10, 2019 On this new, shorter version of New Business Paradigms, Assistant Producer Benjamin Schwartz and the World Business Academy’s President and Founder, Rinaldo Brutoco, discuss the ways that the trade war has completely knocked the US economy off any normal yo-yo rhythm it usually follows. Currency values, revised jobs number, monetary policy, oil prices, and other indicators all continue to suggest tough times are ahead of us, so make sure to keep your investments s...
The Weaver and the Actor: A Tale of the Unraveling US Economy
August 01, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBRecorded on July 30, 2019 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Rinaldo Brutoco (World Business Academy President and Founder) and Kristy Jansen (World Business Academy Chief of Staff) discuss US economic indicators, share news out of the UK, offer updates on gold, oil, currency, and trade, and give a final riff on how income inequality ought to be declared a National Emergency. Rinaldo ponders the downward adjustment of US economic growth, the questionable spin of some of the data poi...
Immigrants, INSTEX and Cryptocurrencies: Insight on the US Economy
July 01, 2019 01:30 - 59 minutes - 53.5 MBRecorded on June 27, 2019 One year after he discussed family separation for the first time on New Business Paradigms, Rinaldo Brutoco (World Business Academy President and Founder) and Kristy Jansen (World Business Academy Chief of Staff) discuss the embarrassing state of US immigration policies. Rinaldo poses a simple, but clever solution to the pressures of immigration and asylum seekers at our southern border that would create a safe and humane system that benefits the US economy. The sh...
Headed off a cliff: It’s time to reaffirm economic guardrails
May 31, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBOn this episode of New Business Paradigms, World Business Academy Founder & President Rinaldo Brutoco and Chief of Staff Kristy Jansen speak on a litany of topics, all following the common theme that both political and economic factors are increasing the opportunity for a financial crisis. Through a discussion of climate related weather patterns, outrageously high prescription drug prices, increased tariffs, and relaxed financial regulations, they paint a picture of an economy that no longer...
Ship of Fools: Disconnection, Incompetence and the Sinking of the U.S. Economy
April 30, 2019 21:30 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBIn the wake of the Muller Report, political calculations are missing the point. The chaos, incompetence, and criminality that plague the current White House are trashing our economy and will have a lasting negative effect on American society and beyond. On this episode of New Business Paradigms, recorded on April 22, 2019, Rinaldo discusses the state of the economy based on key economic indicators, explains the importance of the census to American politics, how tariffs are hurting consumers f...
New Business Paradigms: Rinaldo Brutoco on Business, Politics & Society
March 28, 2019 21:30 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBJoin us for the World Business Academy's monthly podcast featuring Academy President Rinaldo S. Brutoco in conversation with Chief of Staff, Kristy Jansen. On this episode, recorded on March 23, 2019, Rinaldo and Kristy discuss major domestic and international news including the implications of an inverted yield curve, the US Fed lowering economic growth expectations and continuing European economic dysfunction. We also turn a spotlight on the US and global auto manufacturers and their contin...
Economic, Political, and Climate Literacy for 2019 and Beyond
February 27, 2019 22:00 - 52 minutes - 46.7 MBRecorded on February 23, 2019 On this episode of New Business Paradigms Rinaldo and Kristy focus on improving literacy in finance, politics, and climate change. The American economy appears to be booming, but it isn’t supported by numbers of classic economic indicators and more importantly, consumers are beginning to feel consequences of tightening markets and an inequal economy. Rinaldo explains this apparent paradox by analyzing Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder letter and the conc...
Trump Chaos Continues Amidst Global Economic Slowdown
January 29, 2019 20:00 - 59 minutes - 53.4 MBRecorded on January 25, 2019 On this episode of New Business Paradigms, Rinaldo discusses the economic impacts of the longest government shutdown in history, outlines why it’s been a disaster for the US federal workforce, for the middle class more broadly, and has weakened confidence in the US Government. While the shutdown ended as Rinaldo and Kristy were wrapping up the show, the detrimental effects of this ill-conceived buffoonery will reverberate for years to come. The conversation al...
A Year in Review: The Slipping Economy and Changing Political Atmosphere
December 15, 2018 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.1 MBWhat is exceptional and what makes America exceptional? Recorded on December 7, 2018 On this special episode of New Business Paradigms, Rinaldo and Kristy announce the new weekly radio show starting in January. The show begins with a reflection on the 77th anniversary of Pearl Harbor and the parallels that it has with the modern political climate. Rinaldo checks in with economic indicators at the end of the year and makes predictions about the impending recession (hint – it’s still much s...
After the Blue Wave: Results, Re-balancing, and Economic Implications
November 13, 2018 02:00 - 59 minutes - 53.2 MBDue to a strong showing in the midterm elections, the Democratic Party was able to take big steps towards stabilizing the government, by winning many governors races and retaking the majority in the House of Representatives. On this episode of New Business paradigms, Rinaldo and Kristy focus on exactly why this was such a historic night for the country and how it affected our economic outlook. After a short discussion on politics, Rinaldo focuses on current global economic indicators and re...
Titanic miscalculations and the topsy turvy US Economy - New Business Paradigms
October 25, 2018 22:30 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBThe week of October 13th, both the Economist and Rolling Stone magazines ran articles highlighting the recession lurking around the corner. Both articles also point to the lack of remedies available to Central Banks to ease the downturn. On this month’s New Business Paradigms, Rinaldo focuses on the “titanic miscalculations” inherent in today’s chaotic mismanagement of the U.S. economy. He and Kristy also discuss the discouraging trends regarding wealth and power inequality in the United S...
The Chaotic Entanglement of Politics and the Economy
September 19, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB“Every day is more collateral damage…” Recorded on September 5, 2018 The US economy looks to be growing steadily, but economists including Rinaldo continue to forecast a large recession in the near future. How do these two realities line up? On the show this month we discuss economic indicators and the effects that current events have on the economy, consumer confidence, and personal spending power. We discuss the effects of the charged political climate, the consequences of targeting immig...
75 Years of Global Prosperity: A Brief History of Free Trade
August 31, 2018 15:00 - 57 minutes - 51.4 MBLately, global free trade has been under attack both rhetorically and politically, and some may ask why we should care. Every day we hear more and more about tariff policies and the trade war building between the United States and China. Meanwhile, the President pushes away other allies like the European Union, Canada, and Japan. Economists continue to forecast a looming global recession and the interconnectedness of the world economy is a reality that's hard to deny. On this episode of New ...
United States in Isolation: Brinkmanship and the Global - New Business Paradigms
July 10, 2018 19:30 - 1 hour - 55 MBWho wins in a trade war? The short answer is no one. As the United States takes an increasingly narrow and punitive view of economics, we find ourselves on the edge of economic recession. Not unlike the Smoot-Hawley era during the Great Depression, tariffs are creating a rift with the international community and threatening the existing global order. On this episode of New Business Paradigms, featuring Kristy Jansen and Rinaldo Brutoco, we dive into the US trade war, protectionist policies, ...
Child Separation and Impending Recession - New Business Paradigms
June 19, 2018 23:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBOn this show, we will check in on key economic indicators and project the impacts of various policies of the Trump administration, including the tax cuts and tariffs on imported goods. A key issue we will address is the ongoing crisis at the US-Mexico border, where children are being separated from their parents and held in detention facilities with little transparency. The policy, enforced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, has been denounced by the high commissioner for human rights for the...
Yield Curves, Eruptions, and Ocean Currents - New Business Paradigms
May 17, 2018 23:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBWelcome back to our monthly take on economic trends and their interconnection with society. On this show, we will discuss some signs of an impending recession and explore how Rinaldo is balancing his portfolio to protect against it. Rinaldo and Matt explain the inverted yield curve, treasury bills, and their importance in identifying short term and long term inflation. We will discuss the first truly global impact of climate change, the slowing of the Gulf Stream. It isn't quite like that dr...
Ping Pong Markets & Loose Talk of War - New Business Paradigms
April 11, 2018 23:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBPing-ponging markets and loose talk of military conflict are the latest manifestation of an increasingly uncertain global situation rife with risk and opportunity. While the latest tax bill has lightened the load on the upper echelons of corporate America, the burden has been passed off to the middle and lower classes. The blatant corporate kleptocracy and the ever-growing economic disparity in the US has sparked a recent rise in class consciousness. Rinaldo and Matt cover the instability and...
Finding Reason in the Age of Acceleration- New Business Paradigms
March 22, 2018 20:30 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBThis month we continue our discussion about the market and the Federal Reserve’s wishful attempt to separate the discord in society from the current economy, with predictions of continued turmoil and a major market correction yet to come. Cryptocurrencies continue to be a very hot topic – Rinaldo explains some of the key differences between the different “coins,” clarifying which ones have a real purpose. Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) has gone mainstream – what is the next frontier...
You Can’t Have an Economy Without a Society - New Business Paradigms
February 07, 2018 18:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBThis is the question on everyone’s mind as the stock market swings wildly and the partisan gridlock in Washington D.C. has continued to decline into political warfare. The market is in serious trouble for one main reason: it’s impossible to separate the economy from society at large — the dysfunction and disruption in society will eventually drive the economics. Listen to find out what investments are relatively safe and to hear thoughts on ways we can get back on track. This is an importan...